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k.d. lang to make Broadway debut in After Midnight

Canadian singer will take over from Fantasia Barrino in Duke Ellington musical

Singer k.d. lang, seen at the Juno Awards earlier this year, is to make her Broadway debut in February in After Midnight. (Liam Richards / THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE PHOTO)

By Mark KennedyThe Associated Press

Thu., Sept. 12, 2013

NEW YORK, N.Y.—Grammy Award-winning singer k.d. lang has sung everything from country songs to folk and torch songs. Now she’s about to unleash her jazz side on Broadway.

The Canadian singer-songwriter will take over from Fantasia Barrino as the second star vocalist in After Midnight, a musical celebrating Duke Ellington’s years at the famous Cotton Club nightclub in Harlem. Lang starts performances Feb. 11 and will end her run March 9.

Directed and choreographed by Warren Carlyle with musical direction by Wynton Marsalis, the show appeared off-Broadway last year under the name Cotton Club Parade. Songs include “Stormy Weather,” “I Can’t Give You Anything But Love” and “I’ve Got the World on a String.”

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